(BRUSSELS) - European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana called Sunday for a re-run of polling in areas marked by violence during Macedonia's general election.

"Solana calls for calm and demands a re-run of the elections in those polling stations where violence and disorder has taken place," his spokeswoman Cristina Gallach said.

Macedonian police said one person was killed and two others wounded after gunfire erupted when they were called to resolve a polling dispute Sunday in the ethnic Albanian village of Aracinovo, north of the capital Skopje.

The electoral commission halted voting at 10 to 15 polling stations around Aracinovo, a stronghold of ethnic Albanian rebels who fought government forces in Macedonia's 2001 conflict.

Another gunbattle left two wounded in northern Cair municipality, and there were reports of stolen and stuffed ballot boxes in other ethnic Albanian populated regions.

The European Union's executive arm, the European Commission, said it was "very concerned" by the incidents.

"We call for calm and restrain and we are continuing to follow the situation very closely," it said in a statement.

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